and the worky fans where slagging haven off for pairing up with saints !!! see how it works out us and rochdale are paired up with saints , town and north wales with widnes i would reckon town will get the widnes first teamers not in the 18

Mr. O'Connors commitment to being an SL club that in future will link up with Workington (and I think Crusaders as well?? anyone) is to me a hint that O'Connor is at Widnes and in SL for the long haul.

I am now wondering why Hull.K.R. did not team up with Hull who looked to York, and why Cas and HKR have no link ups and are setting low budgets for players spends.

steve o'connors commitment to widnes is clear, with the vikings willing to compete with the "bigger clubs" in the transfer market. and this link up is proof that he has long term ambitions for the club. better for us to have a real business man at the helm of the club than some of the cowboys we have had in the past.............

"Why is Napoleon crying ?" said one sailor to the other, "poor ###### thinks he's being exiled to st helens" came the reply.

and the worky fans where slagging haven off for pairing up with saints !!! see how it works out us and rochdale are paired up with saints , town and north wales with widnes i would reckon town will get the widnes first teamers not in the 18

Why are you making things up? Most Town fans said it was a mistake as we believe the whole system to be flawed and ridiculously in favour of the SL club. How can it be any good for the lower league club to not know which players they will have until near the weekend? How will the local players react to training all week only to be told they wont play as Billy Superstar is coming from Widnes for a game.

as has been stated like every other link town will be able to have up to 5 dual reg players from us, and generally they will be with them for the full season. training and playing with town. only in exceptional circumstances are these players ever called back.

"Why is Napoleon crying ?" said one sailor to the other, "poor ###### thinks he's being exiled to st helens" came the reply.

I just hope we don't see Widnes becoming a full-on feeder club for Town, that would be a great shame.

I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly.

There is an Academy up here, they are in the first year at Lakes College, Stuart Wilkinson from Barrow is coach, they have 12 full time players now (I think), and will start playing for season 2013 when they get their next 12 full time school leavers, or it could be 2014, either way there is an academy and they will be taking part in the Super League competition when they have enough players